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Garrett78

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2. I had just read a post to that effect. It's both infuriating and embarrassing.

Reply to Docreed2003 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:09 PM

Feb 2019

This shit's been going on for 2+ years. Enough already.

This is precisely the mentality that has people convinced we must nominate a white male in 2020. The lesson of 2018 be damned.

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Stop talking about "working class" and POC like those are 2 distinct groups. [View all] Garrett78 Feb 2019 OP

I really like Sen Sherrod Brown Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #1

I had just read a post to that effect. It's both infuriating and embarrassing. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #2

Just keep reinforcing that it is one in the same and it may catch on. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #3

Very, very true. You nailed it! jrthin Feb 2019 #4

Yes, that drives me crazy. And the implication that somehow pnwmom Feb 2019 #5

And that only white people work or experience economic anxiety. It's more than just absurd. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #6

They are distinct groups jcgoldie Feb 2019 #7

They aren't 2 distinct groups. That doesn't mean, though, that working class POC... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #11

We should be talking about working classES, anyway, people Hortensis Feb 2019 #8

I whole heartedly agree. Afromania Feb 2019 #9

Whites without a college degree shifted more toward Trump Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #10

See post #11. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #12

Not the point ismnotwasm Feb 2019 #13

working class - 1. those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor. pintobean Feb 2019 #14

Yes. And when people talk like working class and POC are 2 distinct constituencies... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #15